(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens / (cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.

Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

present participle of crackle

plural of crackling

A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound. / (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.

(intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.

simple past tense and past participle of crackle

(pottery) Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.

plural of crackle / (medicine, plurae tantum, lung sounds) rales

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crackle